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A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

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part <strong>of</strong> St. Therese.Reverend George Gude was appointed as assistant on August 10, 1948. One year later, on September17, 1949, Father Charles Diener was hospitalized because <strong>of</strong> a broken hip. Father Gude was asked tocarry on in his absence. Father Gude’s association with St. Clare was to stretch over the next 27 yearsuntil his retirement in 1975.The school auditorium was converted into two more classrooms, making an eight room school withsix Sisters and two lay teachers, with an enrollment <strong>of</strong> 360 pupils.On February 27, 1953, the Most Reverend Archbishop Karl J. Alter gave permission to build thenew church over the existing church basement. The architects Schulte and Schmidt were chosen.A house and lot on Salvia Avenue was bought for $14,350. The lot was blacktopped for theplayground.It was December 11, 1953, that Reverend Gude was appointed Vicarious Adjuror with full parochialrights.On June 30, 1954, a house and lot 41’ X 150’, located at 5814 Salvia Avenue was bought for$10,000 for future school expansion.In 1955 permission was granted by Archbishop Alter to accept bids for the new church. March 26,1955, the lowest bids on the church were approved by the Archbishop. The general contractor wasEdward Honnert and Sons. The total cost including plumbing, heating and electrical work was $470,219.The work on the new church began May 9, 1955. The Right Reverend Magr. Marcellus R. Wagnerblessed the laying <strong>of</strong> the cornerstone on May 9, 1955. The pastor, Father Diener, attended the ceremonyin a wheelchair. Rev. Diener died the following year after a lengthy illness.It was a memorable day for all when on May 26, 1957, Karl J. Alter, Archbishop <strong>of</strong> Cincinnati,dedicated the new St. Clare Church.In 1964 the German made stained glass windows, were installed, thus completing the original plansfor a suitable decoration <strong>of</strong> the church.Construction <strong>of</strong> the Sisters’ convent was completed and it was occupied in February, 1967.The pastors serving St. Clare’s were: Rev. John Stein (1909-1910); Rev. Charles Diener (1910-1956); Rev. George Gude, administrator (1953-1956), pastor (1956-1975); Rev. Thomas Axe & Rev.Robert Buening (1975-1977); Rev. Robert Buening (1977-1983); Rev. Carl Birarelli (1983-1984); Rev.Edward Gratsch (1984-1984); Rev. Terrence Schneider (1984-1984); Rev. John Civillle (1984-1994);Rev. Dale Peterka (1994-).St. Clare School numbers among the approximately 100 schools conducted by the Sisters <strong>of</strong> St.Francis, whose Motherhouse is located in Oldenburg, Indiana. The Community <strong>of</strong> teaching Sisters owesits foundation to Mother Teresa Hacklemeier, a Franciscan religious from Vienna, Austria, who came toAmerica on 1851. The Community’s over 700 Sisters conduct schools in <strong>Ohio</strong>, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri,and Michigan, with missions in Montana and New Guinea.St. Clare school, in existence since 1912, is located on Salvia Avenue. The principals <strong>of</strong> St. Clarehave been: Sister Gonzaga Daller (1922-23); Sister Cupertina Grundler (1923-26); Sister SulpitiaWorland (1926-29); Sister Avelline Grassman (1929-30); Sister Angelique Schrimpf (1936-42); SisterLorenzo Jaspers (1942-55); Sister Mary William Tausch (1955-57); Sister Carol Ann Angermeier (1957-59); Sister Rose Helen Bosse (1959-65); Sister Mary Agnes (Kathleen) McCarthy (1965-77); Sister MaryWillard Miriam) Kaeser (1977-83); Gretchen Osner, first lay principal.The first students in St. Clare School in the fall <strong>of</strong> 1912 were: Grade 1--Edwin Riedel, Earl Weigel,Eugene Brueckner, Edward Dornberger, Robert Deininger, Robert Hutchinson, James Hutchinson, EarlThesken, Joseph Roach; Grade 2--Albert Weigel, John Lindeman, Arthur Gruter, Lawrence Brand,George Thesken, Marguerite Zitt, Rose Schafer, Eva Huschle, Mary Bross, Irene Brown; Grade 3--PhilipHahn, Joseph Riedel, John Ruby, Clara Stoecker, Virginia Bross; Grade 4--Margaret Brand, GeorgeBross, Leroy Endres, Christopher Weigel, James Curetti; Grade 5--Loretta Gruter, Ruth Nagelie, WilliamAmmann, Merrill Hutchinson, Arthur Duffy, Mark Leiter, Irvin Naegele; Grade 6--Lillian Armbruster,Anna Ammann, Anna Hutchinson, Mary Curetti, Sophia Stoecker; Grade 7--Alice Casey, Eleanor Gruter;Grade 8--Edna Dornberger, Alma Hutchinson.198

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